Partnerships

The live broadcast from the coal schooners Frank A. Palmer and Louise B. Crary is presented by the following partners...

The National Undersea Research Center

NURC-UConn is one of six undersea centers established by NOAA's Undersea Research Program (NURP) to provide the research community the support needed to work underwater and sponsor expeditions to explore, study, measure and sample our underwater world. NURC firmly believes in the capacity of the underwater world to excite, engage and challenge learners of all ages. Therefore, the Center feels it is incumbent to provide opportunities such as this wireless webcast for educators and students to share in the discovery and experience the research process first hand.

The Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

Congress designated the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary in 1992 as an area of special national significance. Virtually the size of the state of Rhode Island, the sanctuary stretches between Cape Ann and Cape Cod in federal waters off of Massachusetts. SBNMS sits astride the historic shipping routes and fishing grounds for such ports as Boston, Gloucester, Plymouth, and Provincetown. These ports have been centers of maritime activity in New England for nearly 400 years. As a result, the sanctuary is a repository for this nation's maritime heritage resources in the form of shipwrecks.

The Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center

The Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center is the only working historic waterfront in the Northeast that combines a historic working marine railway, where wooden vessels are hauled and repaired, with a Gulf of Maine aquarium, vessels tracing the fishing history of Gloucester, ongoing construction of wooden boats, and educational exhibits and programs.

NOAA's Preserve America Initiative

Through his Preserve America executive order (E.O. 13287), President Bush has called on NOAA and other federal agencies to step up efforts to: inventory, preserve, and showcase federally-managed historic and cultural, or "heritage," resources and foster tourism in partnership with local communities.

NOAA's Maritime Heritage Program

NOAA's Maritime Heritage Program is committed to preserving historical, cultural and archaeological resources within the National Marine Sanctuaries. The Maritime Heritage Program's mission is to protect, promote and explore our maritime heritage through a national program embracing heritage resources in our evolving coastal, marine and Great Lakes stewardship.

Last Updated: October 13, 2006